mittens

Yes at WOT. at cruse 3000-4000 it likes 2ish on the drive and nothing on the tabs.


I will try trimming it out more. just seams if you sprayign water its not going behind you.. but I have not had more than a few WOT runs so I will try it WOT and trimming it more and see what happends.

HOSSMAN

Gotta run the boat at full trim, get it up and out of the water and drive the balls outta it. Set your tabs at neutral and start slowly trimming till it blows out then just tap the drives down a hair till they grab then if you want play with the tabs a tick up or tick down....1/2 tank, 2 people (or just you) and normal gear how you'd be running. That boat with HO's in it with stock 26's should be in the 4800 RPM just fine. Are you full fuel/water and gear? How are you testing? We set up those boats with LAB 26's all the time and ran great. I have a set of LAB 26's that Brett did for me that didn't work on my application so I sold them to my friend with a 33 OL. They just had a baby and he isn't using them. If you are interested in them you can PM me or email me at [email protected] and I'll put you in touch with him. Keep the 24's as a spare set of props and buy the LAB 26's. Only been run about 1/2 dozen times...and Brett knows the props (not the 28's for those thinking something else) so he has all the correct numbers on them for what he did to them. My .02.

Just thought of this... I know might be a stupid question but are you sure your motors are HO's and don't just have HO cowlings? I do know that Del at Ski Dock (I assume that is where the boat came from origionally) usually ordered 342's with MAGs and not HO's. Just wondering if you checked the stamping on the PCM's.

DirtyMoney

I can say this nobody has tried more configurations on a 342 than Keith. Listen to what he is telling you because he has tried every set up possible.

Keith when are you coming back up?

Keith Atlanta

RBR whats up man! I need to get back up there for a weekend sometime.

I lived on the lake for 4 years and it was 30 feet low and had 3 speedboats. I leave and now it is always full and you have a poker run and 30 boats that go over 150MPH... Maybe its better that I am gone!

Florida is fun but aint nothin like a Lake Lanier houseboat party tie up! Hope all is well man.

mittens

I run with about 1/2 tank and 2-3 people so fars.

Will try running them out of the water more.

And I have stated they are 496 mags...... NOT HOs.

And the boat has gent, vacuflush, and ac... It's not a light 342 haha

DirtyMoney

Keith come up for the poker run in July

mittens

OK let the boat eat for a little while with it trimmed at 6 maybe 7 on the trim, and it got 64-bouncing to 65mph @ 4500 RPMS.

3/4 fuel, fridge full, cooler full, water full. 2 people. i guess thats not TO bad for a fully loadedo ne Genny and all??

Keith Atlanta

If Brett labs them you will probably lose the porpoise and stay at 65 or maybe 66 plus get the engines in the right RPM range. You might get lucky and the props might carry the bow at that trim level.

mittens

The speed was bouncing not the boat. boat rides nice and flat. most stable ride i have had.

will the lab lower the cruse speed vs RPM? or will that stay the same too? i like my 40mph 3100 rpm cruse.

Keith Atlanta

Not necessarily, the cupped prop might get more hull out of the water at cruise. It might not net any more or less. The handling will improve though so its worth it either way.